Κατα Ιωαννην 15
1 εγω ειμι η αμπελος η αληθινη και ο πατηρ μου ο γεωργος εστιν
I am the True Vine, and my Father is the Vine-grower.
2 παν κλημα εν εμοι μη φερον καρπον αιρει αυτο και παν το καρπον φερον καθαιρει αυτο ινα καρπον πλειονα φερη
Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.
3 ηδη υμεις καθαροι εστε δια τον λογον ον λελαληκα υμιν
You are already clean because of the Message that I have given you.
4 μεινατε εν εμοι καγω εν υμιν καθως το κλημα ου δυναται καρπον φερειν αφ εαυτου εαν μη μενη εν τη αμπελω ουτως ουδε υμεις εαν μη εν εμοι μενητε
Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me.
5 εγω ειμι η αμπελος υμεις τα κληματα ο μενων εν εμοι καγω εν αυτω ουτος φερει καρπον πολυν οτι χωρις εμου ου δυνασθε ποιειν ουδεν
I am the Vine, you are the branches. He that remains united to me, while I remain united to him — he bears fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.
6 εαν μη τις μενη εν εμοι εβληθη εξω ως το κλημα και εξηρανθη και συναγουσιν αυτα και εις το πυρ βαλλουσιν και καιεται
If any one does not remain united to me, he is thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.
7 εαν μεινητε εν εμοι και τα ρηματα μου εν υμιν μεινη ο εαν θελητε αιτησασθε και γενησεται υμιν
If you remain united to me, and my teaching remains in your hearts, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be yours.
8 εν τουτω εδοξασθη ο πατηρ μου ινα καρπον πολυν φερητε και γενησθε εμοι μαθηται
It is by your bearing fruit plentifully, and so showing yourselves my disciples, that my Father is honoured.
9 καθως ηγαπησεν με ο πατηρ καγω υμας ηγαπησα μεινατε εν τη αγαπη τη εμη
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; remain in my love.
10 εαν τας εντολας μου τηρησητε μενειτε εν τη αγαπη μου καθως εγω {VAR1: του πατρος τας εντολας } {VAR2: τας εντολας του πατρος μου } τετηρηκα και μενω αυτου εν τη αγαπη
If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father’s commands to heart and remain in his love.
11 ταυτα λελαληκα υμιν ινα η χαρα η εμη εν υμιν η και η χαρα υμων πληρωθη
I have told you all this so that my own joy may be yours, and that your joy may be complete.
12 αυτη εστιν η εντολη η εμη ινα αγαπατε αλληλους καθως ηγαπησα υμας
This is my command — Love one another, as I have loved you.
13 μειζονα ταυτης αγαπην ουδεις εχει ινα τις την ψυχην αυτου θη υπερ των φιλων αυτου
No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down his life for his friends.
14 υμεις φιλοι μου εστε εαν ποιητε {VAR1: ο } {VAR2: α } εγω εντελλομαι υμιν
And you are my friends, if you do what I command you.
15 ουκετι λεγω υμας δουλους οτι ο δουλος ουκ οιδεν τι ποιει αυτου ο κυριος υμας δε ειρηκα φιλους οτι παντα α ηκουσα παρα του πατρος μου εγνωρισα υμιν
I no longer call you ‘servants,’ because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have given you the name of ‘friends,’ because I made known to you everything that I learned from my Father.
16 ουχ υμεις με εξελεξασθε αλλ εγω εξελεξαμην υμας και εθηκα υμας ινα υμεις υπαγητε και καρπον φερητε και ο καρπος υμων μενη ινα ο τι αν αιτησητε τον πατερα εν τω ονοματι μου δω υμιν
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my Name.
17 ταυτα εντελλομαι υμιν ινα αγαπατε αλληλους
I am giving you these commands that you may love one another.
18 ει ο κοσμος υμας μισει γινωσκετε οτι εμε πρωτον υμων μεμισηκεν
If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me.
19 ει εκ του κοσμου ητε ο κοσμος αν το ιδιον εφιλει οτι δε εκ του κοσμου ουκ εστε αλλ εγω εξελεξαμην υμας εκ του κοσμου δια τουτο μισει υμας ο κοσμος
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world — that is why the world hates you.
20 μνημονευετε του λογου ου εγω ειπον υμιν ουκ εστιν δουλος μειζων του κυριου αυτου ει εμε εδιωξαν και υμας διωξουσιν ει τον λογον μου ετηρησαν και τον υμετερον τηρησουσιν
Remember what I said to you — ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.
21 αλλα ταυτα παντα ποιησουσιν εις υμας δια το ονομα μου οτι ουκ οιδασιν τον πεμψαντα με
But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me.
22 ει μη ηλθον και ελαλησα αυτοις αμαρτιαν ουκ ειχοσαν νυν δε προφασιν ουκ εχουσιν περι της αμαρτιας αυτων
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.
23 ο εμε μισων και τον πατερα μου μισει
He who hates me hates my Father also.
24 ει τα εργα μη εποιησα εν αυτοις α ουδεις αλλος εποιησεν αμαρτιαν ουκ ειχοσαν νυν δε και εωρακασιν και μεμισηκασιν και εμε και τον πατερα μου
If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 αλλ ινα πληρωθη ο λογος ο εν τω νομω αυτων γεγραμμενος οτι εμισησαν με δωρεαν
And so is fulfilled what is said in their Law — ‘They hated me without cause.’
26 οταν ελθη ο παρακλητος ον εγω πεμψω υμιν παρα του πατρος το πνευμα της αληθειας ο παρα του πατρος εκπορευεται εκεινος μαρτυρησει περι εμου
But, when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father — he will bear testimony to me;
27 και υμεις δε μαρτυρειτε οτι απ αρχης μετ εμου εστε
yes, and you also are to bear testimony, because you have been with me from the first.
